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Where Water Baptism Belongs:
Answering the Objections (Part 7 of 7)

Without Shedding of Blood, Part 7 of 7: Where Water Baptism Belongs: Answering the Objections. Hebrews 10:18 (KJV): “Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.” Baptism has a real place, and that place comes after the blood.

The Old Testament foundation answers Acts 2:38, Acts 22:16, Hebrews 10:22, and Galatians 3:27, and shows where baptism belongs.

Abraham Believed God:
Righteous Before the Sign (Part 6 of 7)

Without Shedding of Blood, Part 6 of 7: Abraham Believed God: Righteous Before the Sign. Genesis 15:6 (KJV): “And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.” Abraham was righteous before he received any outward sign.

Abraham believed God and was counted righteous years before he received any outward sign.

Three Witnesses to the Blood (Part 5 of 7)

Without Shedding of Blood, Part 5 of 7: Three Witnesses to the Blood. Leviticus 17:11 (KJV): “…it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.” Water was never shed for anyone.

Leviticus 17:11, Matthew 26:28, and Hebrews 9:22 agree that remission comes by shed blood, and none of them names water.

Types and Shadows Fulfilled in Jesus Christ
(Part 4 of 7)

Without Shedding of Blood, Part 4 of 7: Types and Shadows Fulfilled in Jesus Christ. Colossians 2:17 (KJV): “…a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.” Every shadow points to Jesus Christ and His shed blood.

The Passover lamb, the sin offering, the high priest, and the mercy seat were shadows, and the body is of Christ.

The Day of Atonement:
Blood Within the Vail (Part 3 of 7)

Without Shedding of Blood, Part 3 of 7: The Day of Atonement: Blood Within the Vail. Leviticus 16:30 (KJV): “…that ye may be clean from all your sins before the LORD.” Water cleansed the priests. The blood made the atonement.

On the day of atonement the high priest carried blood within the vail, while water only cleansed the men who served.

The Sin Offering:
Forgiven Through Blood (Part 2 of 7)

Without Shedding of Blood, Part 2 of 7: The Sin Offering: Forgiven Through Blood. Leviticus 4:20 (KJV): “…the priest shall make an atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them.” Every promise of forgiveness followed shed blood, not water.

Every sin offering in Leviticus 4 promised forgiveness through shed blood, and its washings never made atonement.

Without Shedding of Blood:
Hebrews 9:22 and the Passover (Part 1 of 7)

Without Shedding of Blood, Part 1 of 7: Without Shedding of Blood: Hebrews 9:22 and the Passover. Hebrews 9:22 (KJV): “…and without shedding of blood is no remission.” God sheltered Israel by the blood on the door, not by water.

Hebrews 9:22 allows no remission without shed blood, and God first taught that truth on the night of the Passover.

Peter: Remission Through Believing
(Part 4 of 12)

Salvation in Jesus Christ, Part 4 of 12: Peter: Remission Through Believing. Acts 10:43 (KJV): “...through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.” Cornelius received the Holy Ghost before he ever stepped into the water.

Peter’s own preaching: whosoever believeth receives remission, and Cornelius received the Holy Ghost before the water.

Ten Bible Passages Wrongly Used to Say Water Baptism Is Necessary for Salvation

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Ten passages used to argue that water baptism is required for forgiveness, salvation, or cleansing from sin, and what each one actually says. Forgiveness comes through faith in Jesus Christ and rests on His shed blood. A KJV study.

Be Baptized, But Know What Saves You:
Water Baptism and the Blood of Jesus Christ

be baptized. but know what saves you. (video)

A three-minute video short (KJV). Every believer should be water baptized soon after coming to Jesus Christ by faith, but Scripture never says water saves, washes away sin, or applies the blood of Christ. The blood of Jesus was shed for the remission of sins.

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